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CVE-2020-15169

MEDIUM

5.4

Description

In Action View before versions 5.2.4.4 and 6.0.3.3 there is a potential Cross-Site Scripting (XSS) vulnerability in Action View's translation helpers. Views that allow the user to control the default (not found) value of the `t` and `translate` helpers could be susceptible to XSS attacks. When an HTML-unsafe string is passed as the default for a missing translation key named html or ending in _html, the default string is incorrectly marked as HTML-safe and not escaped. This is patched in versions 6.0.3.3 and 5.2.4.4. A workaround without upgrading is proposed in the source advisory.

CVE Details

CVSS v3.1 Score5.4

SeverityMEDIUM

CVSS VectorCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N

Attack VectorNETWORK

ComplexityHIGH

Privileges RequiredNONE

User InteractionNONE

Published9/11/2020

Last Modified11/21/2024

Sourcenvd

Honeypot Sightings0

Affected Products

action_view_project:action_viewdebian:debian_linuxfedoraproject:fedora

Weaknesses (CWE)

CWE-79

References

https://github.com/rails/rails/security/advisories/GHSA-cfjv-5498-mph5(security-advisories@github.com)

https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2020/10/msg00015.html(security-advisories@github.com)

https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/XJ7NUWXAEVRQCROIIBV4C6WXO6IR3KSB/(security-advisories@github.com)

https://www.debian.org/security/2020/dsa-4766(security-advisories@github.com)

https://github.com/rails/rails/security/advisories/GHSA-cfjv-5498-mph5(af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)

https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2020/10/msg00015.html(af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)

https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/XJ7NUWXAEVRQCROIIBV4C6WXO6IR3KSB/(af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)

https://www.debian.org/security/2020/dsa-4766(af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)

IOC Correlations

No correlations recorded

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